Vehicle-moving truck.



V A. L. SESSIONS.

VEHICLE MOVING TRUCK.

APPLICATION mu) APR. 15. 1913.

Patented May1,1 917 VVENTOR.

To aZZ whom-it may-concern:

* nosit ren STATES PATENT .QFFIOE.

ALBERT L. SESSiONS, F BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

VEHICLE-MOVING TRUCK.

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. Sessions,

7 a citizen'of the United States, and'a resi-- Specification of.I. etters Patent. I. Patented lility 1, 1917'. Application filed April 15, 1913." serisln'o. 761,238

and this stem has aneck l8to receive. a

neck'18' extending upwardly .as shown in caster frame 19 and its roller support, the I 17 projects from the frame formed of the construction in which the-tires of a vehicle dent of Bristol, in the county of Hartford Fig. 3 to locate the shank of the caster frame so and State of Connecticut, have invented a'. 19 substantially in the same: horizontal new and Improved Vehicle-Moving Truck,- plane as that of the caster frames 10. The p of which the following is a specification. ste'm 17 is provided with slots 20 within My invention relates to the class of'dewhich the ,1bolts;;16' are receivedg and com Vices above namedand -moreespecially to pensating rods. 2'1*--arepivotally attached to a device by means of which one or bothiof v the stem 17 and ,jlle sijd'e parts 1 51 for the a-set-of vchiclewhcels may be moved'witlb purposeofl-retaining, the sthr'llfand the out much eifort,='either vertically onfin astergfranie lil 1n aicentralposition lonhorizontal direction, and an object of m gitudinally" evic'e; f ihventiomamong others, is toprovide'e de Skids iyo'tally attached to each vice of this'class that shall be'partic ilarl f. the .srd geachskidlheving is supefficient for the purposes in hand. porting strutf-fliitoi underlie the side parts i One form of device embodyingmy inven'f;andgsllpport;themjf wheh the skids fare,in

, tion-and in.the construction and use of their ,loweredposition to enable automowhich the objects above set out, as'fiwell as biles' tobejilin ilponthe side part's Each others, may be. attained, is ilhistralwed of the skidshave flanges 24 converging with the accompanying drawings; in which- 1 respecttofeach other to direct the movement Figure 1 is an end view of anapp aratus 0f; a j vehicle on to; the side parts. Springs embodying my invention. i 25 m2iy-be employed to hold-theskids norf Fig.2 is a top plan iew of the se ne.- mally inaraised position as shown in Fig. c Fig. 3 is a view in sideelevation of'the 3 of the drawings. z 1' same; V v o :71 The sideiparts hereinabove' described in Fig. 4 is a detail view in cross secti cludev the shelves forming the tread supthroughone of the side parts. ofthe f1'ame;-. ports for thelwheels of a. vehicldand also i In the accompanying drawing the numerthe, side parts rising therefromto .the up- 2.15 5 indicate the side parts ofthe structureperedge of which the. armsS are secured, which are preferably separately formed of this construction being .for thejp urpose of any suitable material in a. manner to.proyenab ling a.-'large' jrcller support to be emvide the required strength, .each side part 'ployed so that. the truck may be easily having a vehicle support 6, said .su'pports moved. 5 extending toward each other and having. Jacks 26 arem'ounted outhe' tread sup- (lepressions .7 within which the wheels of ports, as herein shown-,projections 27c!!- a vehicle may rest.- An arm 8 extendstendingfrom the tread supports or shelves laterally from the upper edge of each supandupon which the jacks rest; These jacks port and the shank 9 0i a caster frame 10, are-adjustable along the projections while is rotatably mounted in each arm, each being retained thereon, as herein shown caster frame. having a roller support. 11v slots 28 in the baseof each 'ack'receiving mounted therein in the usual manner. The a bolt secured to and extending from the side parts are united and rigidly held by projection and receiving a clamp nut 29 by 7 means of cross bars 12l3 projecting from means of 'which the jacks are. adjustably 10( each of the side parts and adjustably enssecured in position f f gagingeach-other, as by means of loops 141 While I have shown and described herein on each cross bar embracing the other cross a preferred construction embodying my inbar, slots 15 being formed in each'of the ventionc-this may he departed from to a cross bars to receive bolts 16 by means of greater or lesser extent and yet embody the which the cross bars are rigidly-secured toinvention which is therefore not limited to gether. 'It will be noted that this arrangethe exact construction herein shown and dement allows the side parts to be positioned scribed. v S to acconnnod'atethe wheels of vehicles of It will be seen fromanexamination of varying widths as to'their treads. A stem Fig. el'that my-improved truck embodies a side parts and cross bars above described may securely rest, the depression curved laterally to conform to the general cross sectional shape of the tread of a tire.

The longer flange and the shorter flange 31 of the side parts of the frame are curved at their upper edge, as shown in Fig 4, to

avoid myury to a vehicle, and this overturned struts 23 are so formed that when moved under the truck the weight of the automobile on the frame pressing the struts against a floor will hold them in this position, the rest 34 being pressed against the floor and the strut 23 against the under side of the support 6.

- I claim- 1. A truck including a frame supported by a pair of rollers located one at each side thereof, said frame comprising tread supports spaced apart between said rollers to receive the wheels at opposite ends of an axle of a vehicle, said tread supports having outer side parts rising therefrom, roller supporting frames for said rollers journaled' in the upper edges of said side parts,and conncctions between said tread supports located below the upper edges of the outer side parts to a degree to underlie the under part of a vehicle.

2. A truck including a frame supported by a pair of rollers located one at each side thereof, said frame comprising tread supports located between said rollers at opposite side edges of. said frame to receive the wheels of a vehicle, said tread supports having side parts rising therefrom at the outer sides thereof and spaced apart to receive both wheels on the axle of a vehicle between them, and roller supporting frames for said rollers journaled in the upper edges of said side parts.

3. A truck including a frame supported by a pair of rollers located one at each side thereof, said frame comprising tread supports located at opposite sides thereof and between said rollers to receive the wheels of a vehicle and having side parts rising.

therefrom at the outer sides thereof and spa ed apart to receive both wheels on the axle of a vehicle between them, roller supporting frames for said rollers mounted in said frame and rising above the tread sup ports, and skids pivotally secured to the,

tread-supports, and roller supports to sustain said frame.

4. A truck including a frame supported" by a pair ofrollers located one at each side thereof, said frame comprising side parts vertically arranged and spaced apart and between said rollers to receive both wheels on the axle of a vehicle between them, connection between the lower edges of ,1

. tread supports.

thereof, said frame comprising tread supports located between said rollers to receive the'wheels of a vehicle, said tread supports including side parts rising therefrom. roller supporting frames. for said rollers mounted in said frame and rising above the tread supports, and a guide support also mounted in the frame at one end thereof and rising above said tread supports, and roller sup ports to sustain said frame.

6. A truck including a frame supported by a pair of rollers located one at each side thereof, said frame comprising tread sup-- ports located at opposite sides thereof and between said. rollers to receive the wheels of a vehicle, said tread supports including side parts rising therefrom and constituting said tread supports asshelves', supports for said rollers mounted in said frame and rising above said tread supports, and a guide roller mounted inthe frame, and roller supports tosustain said frame at one end thereof and on a line passing betweensaid -7. A- -truek including-a frame supported by a pair of rollers'located one at each side thereof, said frame comprising "tread sup ports having side parts locatedbetween said rollers and rising from said supports and constitutin saidsupports as shelves to receive the w eels of a vehicle, rollersu porting frames for said-rollers journa ed in said frame'and'rising'above said tread sup ports, a single guide support journaled in said frame 'at one end-thereof and'rising ports to sustain sai frame and a roller mounted in said guide support. 1

8.- A truck including a frame supported by a pair ofrollerslocated one at each side thereof, said frame comprising tread supports located between said rollers and forming a part of said frame and including side parts rising above the tread supports, said side parts being arranged 'to receive a support to sustain the weight of a vehicle independently of the tread supports, and roller supporting frames for rollers journaled in the truck frame.

' 9. A truck-including a frame supported by a pairof rollers located one at each side weight of a vehicle independently of the tread supports, and roller suptplorting frames .102 said rollers journaled in e sides of the truck frame.

10. A truck includinga frame supported by a. pair of rollers located one at each side thereof, said frame comprising a tread support located between said rollers and formof said truck frame.

11. A truck including a frame supported by a pair of rollers located one at each side thereof, said frame comprising tread supports located between said rollers and forming a part ofsaid frame, skids pivotally attached to said tread supports and having flanges converging with respect to each other to guide wheels on to said tread supports, and roller supporting frames for said rollers secured to the frame'to movably support it, and; roller supports to sustain said frame. p

12. A truck including a frame with tread supports forming a part thereof, roller supports on each side of said frame, and a memer having a neck arching upwardly from one end of the frame and with a roller support secured thereto.

13. A truck including a frame with tread supports forming a part thereof, means for adjusting said supports laterally of the frame, clamping means for holding said parts against movement one with respect to the other, roller supports for said tread supports, a member adjustable lengthwise of the frame and held by the clamps above mentioned, and a roller support secured to said member.

14. A truck including a frame with side parts rising from opposite edges thereof ,and spaced apart a distance sufficient to reeeive both wheels on the axle of a vehicle between them, roller frames pivotally sesupports formin frame journaled in, said horizontal portion, and a roller journaled in said frame.

15. A truck including a frame with tread supports forming a part thereof, bars projecting laterally from. each tread support and overlapping each' other, each bar having means extending around its companion bar, means for securing the bars together, and rollers journaled at the outer sides of the tread supports. r

- 16. A truck including a frame with treadsupports forming a part thereof, bars p1ojecting from each end of said tread supportstoward each other, eaohbar having members surrounding its companion bar, means for securing said bars together, a

stem supported bysaid securing means, roller bearing frames and rollers journaled in said tread supports, and a roller bearing frame and bearin journaled in'said stem.

17. A truck inc uding a framewith tread extending from t 1e sides of each tread support at each end thereof and toward each other, said bars each having means to surround its companion bar, means for securing said bars together, a stem projecting laterally across said bars and supported by said securing means, a 'neck arching upwardly from said stem, roller bearing frames and rollers journaled in said supports, and a roller bearing frame and roller journaled in said neck.

' ALBERT L.- SESSIONS.

Witnesses: y

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, E. A. EATON.

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